WEBVTT AFTER HOURS IN A STAND OFF -- >> THEY ALL HAD THEIR SHOTGUNSAND EVERYTHING.BRIAN: DENNIS DUNN IS ARRESTEDAT GUNPOINT.THIS IS EXCLUSIVE VIDEO OF DUNNBEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BYPOLICE.>> IN A SMALL TOWN LIKE THIS,YOU DON'T THINK SOMETHING LIKETHAT IS GOING TO REALLY HAPPEN.BRIAN: INVESTIGATORS SAYUNDERNEATH THIS SHED IS A HOLE,DUG OUT ABOUT THREE AND A HALFFEET DEEP, TWO FEET WIDE AND TWOFEET LONG, RIGHT IN DUNNS BACKYARD.BLANCHESTER CHIEF SCOTT REINBOLTSAYS THAT'S WHERE THE VICTIM WASFOUND TRAPPED.>> SHE WAS IN A PIT THAT HADBEEN DUG IN THE FLOOR OF THESHED, AND WOOD HAD BEEN PLACEDOVER THE TOP OF THE PIT.BRIAN: INVESTIGATORS SAY HEAVYOBJECTS WERE DELIBERATLY PLACEDON TOP, POLICE SEARCHING FOR THEWOMAN HEARD HER CRYING.>> IF HE WOULD HAVE ACTUALLYBOUND HER, NOBODY WOULD EVENKNOW SHE WAS THERE UNTIL TOOLATE.BRIAN: THERESA BAKER LIVES JUSTDOWN THE STREET.>> IT'S REALLY SCARY.IT'S A BIG EYE OPENER.BRIAN: IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIMEPOLICE HAVE HAD A RUN-IN WITHDUNN.HE HAS A CRIMINAL HISTORY,MOSTLY DRUG ARRESTS, BUT IT'SHIS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THATHAVE HAD POLICE MOST CONCERNEDRECENTLY.>> HE WAS HEARING VOICES.HE WAS OUT ON THE FRONT LAWNWITH A GUN IN HIS HAND.BRIAN: AND THAT WAS JUST ACOUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. EVEN AFTER A MENTAL EVALUATION,HE WAS BACK OUT IN THENEIGHBORHOOD UNTIL THIS.THE VICTIM RETURNED HOME, BUTDID NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEORDEAL, BEING TRAPPED ALIVE IN APIT, INTENDED FOR NO ONE TOFIND.DUNN IS CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING.IN A TWO DAY SPAN EARLIER THISMONTH, POLICE SAY THEY WERECALLED MORE THAN A HALF DOZENTIMES.HE THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS PROWLINGAROUND HIS HOME, AND THEN THEGUN INCIDENT.AND THAT WAS JUST A COUPLE OFWEEKS AGO.REPORTING LIVE, BRIAN HAMRICK,WLWT NEWS 5.SHEREE: BRIAN, IF POLICE KEPTHAVING THESE PROBLEMS WITH DUNN,WHY DIDN'T HE STAY IN THE MENTALHEALTH FACILITY?BRIAN: POLICE ARE ASKING THESAME THING.THE CHIEF SAID HE WAS TOLD THATIT WAS BECAUSE THERE ARE TOOMANY IN-PATIENT MENTALFACILITIES CLOSING.MIKE: NEIGHBORS WERE SHAKEN BYTHE BRIGHT LIGHTS AND POLICEPRESENCE EARLY THIS MORNING.WLWT NEWS 5'S DAN GRIFFIN ISLIVE WITH THEIR REACTION TO THEFRIGHTENING FIND.DAN.DAN: NEIGHBORS WERE SHOCKED TOSEE POLICE HERE WITH THEIR GUNSDRAWN.THERE WERE NOT SO SHOCKED TOFIND OUT THE PROBLEM INVOLVEDDENNIS DUNN.NEIGHBORS WE TALKED TO AGREEWITH POLICE ABOUT THE ONGOINGISSUES WITH DUNN.THEY SAY THEY'VE SEEN POLICE ATHIS HOME SEVERAL TIMES.NEIGHBORS SAY HE'S ALWAYSAPPEARED TO BE A CLEAN-CUT,NORMAL GUY AND FRIENDLY, BUTSOME DAYS HE COULD GO OFF THEHANDLE.AFTER HEARING ABOUT THEIR NEXTDOOR NEIGHBOR TRAPPED IN A PITUNDER DUNN'S BACKYARD SHED,THEY'RE ASKING THEMSELVES, WHYAND HOW, AND WHAT HAS TO HAPPENFOR SOMETHING TO CHANGE, AS THEYOFFER SUPPORT TO THE WOMANTRAPPED IN THE GROUND.>> YEAH, THEY KEEP BRINGING HIMBACK THE SAME NIGHT AND WE'RELIKE, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?>> PRAY, THANK GOD THAT, YOUKNOW, GOD WAS THERE FOR HER ANDTHE NEIGHBOR, AND HUG HER.GLAD SHE'S OK.DAN: NEIGHBORS TOLD USREPEATEDLY, THERE'S A HISTORYHERE, BUT DIDN'T WANT TOELABORATE.THEY ALSO TOLD US THE WOMAN WHOWAS TRAPPED HAS EPILEPSY AND HAS

Missing Ohio woman found barricaded in pit inside shed

Man charged with kidnapping

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Updated: 6:21 PM EDT Apr 26, 2017

BLANCHESTER, Ohio —

A woman was found Wednesday trapped in a pit inside a shed at a Blanchester home, police said.

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Police responded to a home around 4 a.m. after a neighbor reported hearing cries coming from a shed on the property.

Police found a 30-year-old woman in a hole that had been covered with wood and heavy objects.

"She was in a pit that had been dug in the floor of the shed, and wood had been placed over the top of the pit, and heavy objects placed on top the wood to prevent her escape," said Blanchester Police Chief Scott Reinbolt.

The woman was unable to speak and was taken to a hospital for treatment, Reinbolt said. She has since been released.

The victim's mother reported her missing two hours before she was found.

Police described the backyard pit as "tight quarters," saying that it was about 40 inches deep and two feet wide.

Dennis Dunn, 45, was arrested and charged with kidnapping. Officers were stationed outside the home with guns drawn for hours before he walked out the front door.

"We were awaiting the arrival of the tactical entry team from Warren County from the sheriff's office and Dunn came to the front door and walked out like he was going for a stroll and we arrested him," Reibolt said.

Dunn was arrested and taken to the Clinton County Jail.

Authorities said Dunn has a criminal history and several mental health issues in the past. Last month, authorities said Dunn called police multiple times saying someone was trying to break into his home. No one was found.

Dunn was taken to Clermont Mercy Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, but police said he was back out of the hospital within 24 hours and calling police again.

The Blanchester police chief called it a failure of the mental health system.

Note: The video above has been edited to exclude the identity and address of the victim.